Free Online Professional Development Opportunities for English Language Educators New to Social Media
In this post, I provide 24 resources dealing with the theory, history, and wordage surrounding personal learning networks!
English Language Teaching blogs for Teachers
- Click the subscribe button below the list of blogs to subscribe to over 60 English language teaching blogs.
- Click the preview button to view the most current posts on these blogs in one place.
- To connect, try leaving a comment. Just click the headline to visit the blog you like.
- Subscribe to all these blogs by RSS (this is the preferred method) or E-mail.
- If you are a blogger in the field of ELT, then feel free to e-mail me your blog address to add you to this list (shellyterrell@gmail.com).

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List of ELT Authors, Material Writers, Organization Heads, and Their Blogs/Sites
Name
|
Twitter Handle
|
Blog
|
Burcu Akyol |
@burcuakyol |
http://burcuakyol.com |
Sean Banville |
@seanbanville |
http://seanbanville.com/, http://www.breakingnewsenglish.com/ |
Eric Baber
|
@ericbaber
|
http://ericbaber.com/blog/ |
Marcos Benevides |
@MBenevides |
http://www.widgets-hq.com/ |
Tara Benwell |
@Tefl |
http://www.tefl.net/ |
Beth Cagnol |
@bethcagnol |
http://freelanceteacherinfrance.blogspot.com/ |
Alex Case |
@EnglishClub |
http://www.tefl.net/alexcase/ |
Neal Chambers |
@NealChambers |
http://www.englishspark.com/en/blogs |
Lindsay Clandfield |
@lclandfield |
http://sixthings.net/ |
Marisa Constantinides |
@Marisa_C |
http://www.celt.edu.gr/, http://marisaconstantinides.edublogs.org/ |
David Crystal
|
|
http://david-crystal.blogspot.com/ |
David Deubelbeiss |
@ddeubel
|
http://eflclassroom.ning.com/, http://eflclassroom.ning.com/profiles/blog/list?pageSize=13 |
Valentina Dodge |
@vale360 |
http://english360.com/, http://www.24hours.it |
Gavin Dudeney |
@dudeneyge |
http://slife.dudeney.com/, http://www.theconsultants-e.com/ |
Jeremy Day |
@specificenglish |
http://specific-english.blogspot.com/ |
Evan Frendo |
@evanfrendo |
http://englishfortheworkplace.blogspot.com/ |
Larry Ferlazzo |
@larryferlazzo |
http://larryferlazzo.edublogs.org/ |
Simon Greenall |
@SimonGreenall
|
|
Jeremy Harmer
|
@harmerJ
|
http://jeremyharmer.wordpress.com/ |
Andy Hockley |
@adhockley |
http://adhockley.wordpress.com/ |
Nicky Hockly |
@TheConsultantsE |
http://www.emoderationskills.com/ |
Anne Hodgson |
@annehodg |
http://annehodgson.de/ |
Vicki Hollett
|
@vickihollett
|
http://www.vickihollett.com/ |
Cotter Hue |
@cotterHUE
|
http://www.headsupenglish.com/ |
Sue Lyons-Jones |
@esolcourses |
http://www.esolcourses.blogspot.com/ |
Ozge Karaglou- Ergen |
@ozge |
http://www.ozgekaraoglu.edublogs.org |
Paul Maglione |
@paulmaglione |
http://www.english-attack.com |
Cleve Miller |
@cleve360 |
http://english360.com/ |
Joel Josephson |
@acerview54 |
http://www.kindersite.org/Founders.htm |
Jamie Keddie
|
@cheimi10
|
http://www.jamiekeddie.com/, http://www.teflclips.com |
Luke Meddings |
@lukemeddings |
http://lukemeddings.posterous.com/ |
Kyle Mawer
|
@kylemawer |
http://digitalplay.info/blog/ |
Heike Philp |
@heikephilp |
http://virtual-round-table.ning.com , http://www.lancelotschool.com/ |
Herbert Puchta |
@herbertpuchta |
|
Shiv Rajendran |
@shiv53 |
http://www.shv.me/, http://languagelab.com |
Marianne Raynaud |
|
http://www.qualitytime-esl.com/ |
Carol Read |
@carolread |
http://carolread.wordpress.com/ |
Jason Renshaw |
@EnglishRaven |
http://www.englishraven.com/ |
Barbara Hoskins Sakamoto |
@barbsaka
|
http://www.teachingvillage.org |
Chuck Sandy |
@chucksandy
|
http://twylah.com/chucksandy, http://www.chucksandy.com/ |
Pete Sharma |
@petesharma |
http://www.psa.eu.com/pages/newblog/ |
Russell Stannard |
@russell1955 |
http://www.teachertrainingvideos.com/ |
Graham Stanley |
@grahamstanley |
http://digitalplay.info/blog/, http://blog-efl.blogspot.com |
Scott Thornbury
|
@thornburyscott
|
http://scottthornbury.wordpress.com/ |
Berni Wall |
@rliberni |
http://www.gapfillers.co.uk/?atk=2674 |
Shaun Wilden
|
@shaunwilden
|
http://shaunwilden.com/ |
Ken Wilson
|
@kenwilsonlondon
|
http://kenwilsonelt.wordpress.com/ |
*If you are an ELT author, materials writer, or head of an ELT organization please feel free to add your information to this list by becoming an editor to this wiki or by emailing me at ShellyTerrell at gmail dot com.

6 STEP Guide to Twitter for Beginners
- Click sign-up now
- Pick a short name (10 characters or less) that is easy to remember
- Ex. If your name is John Doe and you love using technology for teaching, then try JohnDoe or EdtechJD.
- A name like JohnDoe20789 is too long and difficult to remember.
- Fill in your bio please- Write teacher or educator somewhere in your 160 character biography
- Add an image- If possible use an image of what you really look like
- This is how to follow someone

3. Tweet me this message
- Copy and paste this message under What's Happening Now on your Home Page: @shellterrell Hello I just joined Twitter and looking to connect!
- Don't forget to click tweet to send this.

- I will then introduce you to the Twitter sphere so that other educators can follow you.
4. Sign-up for any of these browsers to make tweeting faster and easier:
5. Follow other English language teachers, authors, and experts!
- Please let me know if you're not on this list. It's a work in progress since my previous list on TweepML was lost.
6. Begin tweeting with the educators on the list by using @theirTwitterName.

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